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CVE-2017-14421

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-09-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-798

Description

D-Link DIR-850L REV. B (with firmware through FW208WWb02) devices have a hardcoded password of wrgac25_dlink.2013gui_dir850l for the Alphanetworks account upon device reset, which allows remote attackers to obtain root access via a TELNET session.

Affected products

• D-Link DIR-850L and potentially others: through fw208wwb02

References

• https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2017-09-08-dlink-850l-mydlink-cloud-0days-vulnerabilities.html
• https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2017-09-08-dlink-850l-mydlink-cloud-0days-vulnerabilities.html

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